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14th Amendment
to the Constitution was ratified on July 9, 1868, and granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which included former slaves recently freed -
15th Amendment
prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude" -
NAACP
is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States -
19th Amendment
prohibits any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex -
LULAC
was created to combat the discrimination that Hispanics face in the United States -
Delgado v. Bastrop ISD
made the segregation of children of Mexican descent in Texas illegal. -
Brown v. Board of Education
was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson -
Great Society Programs
Two main goals of the Great Society social reforms were the elimination of poverty and racial injustice -
Betty Friedan
Wrote the book The Feminine Mystique in an effort to allow women to choose the lifestyles they wanted -
“I Have a Dream” speech
The speech, delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement -
24th Amendment
both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax. The amendment was proposed by Congress to the states on August 27, 1962, and was ratified by the states on January 23, 1964. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
was a landmark piece of legislation in the United States[1] that outlawed major forms of discrimination against racial, ethnic, national and religious minorities, and women.[2] It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public -
Dr, Martin Luther King, Jr.
was an American clergyman, activist, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement Civil Rights Leader most associated with the March on Washington as well as winning the Nobel Peace Prize -
Cesar Chavez
was an American farm worker, labor leader and civil rights activist,Championed the economic rights of migrant workers -
Black Panthers
was an African-American revolutionary socialist organization active in the United States from 1966 until 1982 Used strategies to achieve equal rights, which included violent forms of protest as well as militant groups -
Thurgood Marshall
was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, serving from October 1967 until October 1991. Marshall was the Court's 96th justice and its first African-American justice. -
Edgewood ISD v Kirby
Landmark case in Texas, redistributed property taxes to poorer districts, led to Robin Hood legislation -
assassination of martin luther king jr.
Assassination year of Martin Luther King Jr. -
Tinker v Des Moines
Ruling was that the 1st Amendment applies to public schools with regards to regulating speech in the classroom -
26th Amendment
the states and the federal government from setting a voting age higher than eighteen
